A box of crayons costs $1.75, including tax. Mr. Valentino wants to purchase boxes of crayons for his class and has a $25 budget. Write an inequality to solve for the number of boxes of crayon Mr. Valentino can purchase with his budget.

A. $1.75x ≤ $25

B. $1.75x ≥ $25

C. $25x ≤ $1.75

D. $25x ≥ $1.75

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Fatima Ortiz

Mathematics

22 July, 06:00

A box of crayons costs $1.75, including tax. Mr. Valentino wants to purchase boxes of crayons for his class and has a $25 budget. Write an inequality to solve for the number of boxes of crayon Mr. Valentino can purchase with his budget.

A. $1.75x ≤ $25

B. $1.75x ≥ $25

C. $25x ≤ $1.75

D. $25x ≥ $1.75

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Marley Griffith · Answer 1

Mr. Valentino can't go over his budget of $25. The amount of money times the amount of boxes needs to be less than or equal to $25:

Answer: A) $1.75 x ≤ $25,

where x is the amount of boxes he bought.